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At St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, we set the highest academic standards through a demanding college preparatory curriculum. The academic program gives our students a firm grasp of fundamental skills and develops their ability to think and write creatively, critically, and independently. Our curriculum fosters an appreciation for the diversity and interconnectedness of human experience; we challenge our students to ask more questions, give consideration to other points of view, and never settle for the easy answer.

At SSSAS, everyone has the opportunity to be an artist. Our program aims to benefit the wide-ranging interests of the students; they can be a singer, a dancer, a photographer, an illustrator, a painter. The opportunities are limitless, just like our students' creativity.

The SSSAS Athletics program is among the best and most competitive in the region. Our students balance academics and athletic excellence and practice good sportsmanship. Our Saints are resilient, fair, and talented competitors on and off the field.

As an Episcopal school, we are called to love and honor one another despite our differences. We are called to service, to be stewards of God's creation, and to practice empathy and understanding toward one another, always pursuing goodness, as well as knowledge.

St. Stephen's and St. Agnes is a JK-12 Episcopal day school located six miles south of Washington, D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia. Our school consists of three distinct campuses within a 1.5 mile radius, each uniquely tailored to meet the needs of the students within.

Annual gifts to The Saints Fund support the good work of our talented faculty, provide cutting-edge technology and classroom spaces, and ensure our Saints have the best possible academic, artistic, and athletic experience.

Erin Lee, Fourth Grade Teacher

I tell students that they are seeing what's behind the curtain and revealing the ‘why’ behind what they are doing. Students have to show a deeper level of understanding in their work using the Math in Focus methods.

Innovation in Action

Young children are like sponges—they soak up every bit of learning and can't wait for the next drop. At the Lower School, we continually assess the best ways for our students to learn and grow, based on current research, experience, and the expertise of our faculty. For more than a decade our students have benefited from a rich mathematics program based on the work of educational leaders such as Kathy Richardson, Kathy Fosnot, Jo Boaler, and Monica Neagoy. Currently, we are excited that an innovative program called Math in Focus by Singapore Math provides the foundation for our teaching and learning.

This program provides meaningful learning experiences where students solve problems, reason about their mathematical thinking, and communicate their ideas in written and oral form. This promotes connections between mathematical ideas and real-life experiences. Large and small group instruction, hands-on activities with manipulatives, calculators, iPads, cooperative work, and physical and online math games are all included in the curriculum to meet individual needs and learning styles. Explore this page to learn more about our math program!

More About Singapore Math

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It's an authentic Singapore Math curriculum—with problem solving as the center of math learning and concepts taught with a concrete–pictorial–abstract learning progression through real-world, hands-on experiences. The focus is on how to best facilitate students explaining their thinking and not just sharing their answers. This fosters multiple, creative pathways to arrive at the same result and enriches the learning of the entire class.

Yes! The name Singapore Math refers to the teaching methods or the actual curriculum used for elementary students in Singapore. In the 1980s and 1990s, Singapore examined best practices worldwide and created a rigorous program that focused on problem solving and mastery of the most important mathematical skills and concepts. Between 1984 and 1995, the nation moved from 16th in the world to No. 1 in mathematics performance, and the successful program they developed was honed and enhanced in the following decade. The program has been used worldwide and was introduced to the United States under the name Math in Focus.

SSSAS has formed an invaluable relationship with the Singapore Math leadership, which has enabled our teachers to fully embrace the curriculum with enthusiasm and confidence. Professional development was instrumental in the successful implementation of Math in Focus. Our teachers received extensive training, which will continue throughout the first three years of introducing the program.

SSSAS Helps International School

Math in Focus expert Ann Bremner, SSSAS Director of Lower School Mathematics, was invited to The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) in 2017 to help with their school's transition to Math in Focus. Ms. Bremner spent three full days observing classes, meeting with teachers, and offering advice. Read more!

"Math in Focus is a challenging program, which meets the needs of learners at multiple levels. Using visual approaches such as bar-modeling, it promotes multiple strategies to develop flexible thinking."~ Ann Bremner, Director of Lower School Math

Director of Lower School Math

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Mrs. Ann Bremner

Director of Lower School Math

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